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SPEECH BY PAT MCFADDEN MP TO THE FABIAN SOCIETY
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ARTICLE ON SHEFFIELD FORGEMASTERS
Although Britain can claim to have led the first industrial revolution, its history since is marked by a number of lost opportunities to gain early advantage at times of major...

10 POINTS FOR THE NEW LABOUR LEADER
The close of nominations for the Labour leadership election sees the contest move into a new phase. After a lot of attention on process, structures and rules, the party knows...

LABOUR’S MANIFESTO A FUTURE FAIR FOR ALL
The Prime Minister Gordon Brown launched Labour's 2010 General Election Manifesto, together with the Cabinet, at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Edgbaston, Birmingham on 12 April 2010. To download...

GENERAL ELECTION - 2010
And so Gordon Brown has confirmed what was widely expected - that the election will be on the 6th of May. The country faces a big choice and that...

BUDGET SPECIAL
SECURE THE RECOVERY WITH LABOUR – DON’T PUT IT AT RISK WITH THE TORIES The Labour Government’s Budget has set out Labour’s plan to secure...

PRESS RELEASE: MP CLOSES FAIR TRADE FORTNIGHT WITH GIANT CUPPA
PRESS RELEASE: MP CLOSES FAIR TRADE FORTNIGHT WITH GIANT CUPPALocal MP Pat McFadden marked the end of Fair Trade fortnight with a giant cuppa at the Wulfrun centre Tea Dance on Friday. Pat was joined by...

PRESS RELEASE: BUSINESS MINISTER BACKS LOCAL ENTERPRISE STUDENTS
PRESS RELEASE: BUSINESS MINISTER BACKS LOCAL ENTERPRISE STUDENTSOn Saturday Business Minister and local MP Pat McFadden dropped in to the Young Enterprise Fair at the City's Wulfrun centre to back young entrepreneurs from a number of schools...

MPs’ Pay
MPs have been awarded a pay rise of £1,000. I will not be taking this rise, either as an MP or as a Government Minister. At a time when many...

A NEW INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION - PAT'S SPEECH TO PROGRESS
The new Industrial Revolution: opportunities in creating a low carbon economy On Monday night [25th January] Pat McFadden MP delivered the tenth speech in the Progress lecture series Pat made...

FAIR ACCESS TO THE PROFESSIONS
Over the last six months Pat has had the responsibility as Minister of State for coordinating the Government’s response to the report of the Panel on Fair Access to the...

COPENHAGEN MUST BE A JUST TRANSITION
If an agreement is reached in Copenhagen, it will lay the basis for a profound change as industrialised countries shift from high carbon to low carbon economies. This can be...

ETTINGSHALL MEDICAL CENTRE
I recently met staff from the new Ettingshall Medical Centre. It is a wonderful new facilitiy which is helping over 600 people have access to better heath facilities. This is...

TROPICAL HARMONY MUST BE CLOSED
Following the second shooting incident at this club in just over a year, I am calling for it to be closed down. I have written to Wolverhampton Council leader Neville...

ADDITIONAL MONEY FROM GOVERNMENT TO FIGHT ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
£54,000 additional money is to be provided by the Government to fight anti-social behaviour in Wolverhampton. Pat McFadden, MP for Wolverhampton South East, states that ‘this is a very important...

PUBLISHING MY EXPENSES
Today I am publishing a detailed record of my parliamentary expenses over for the three years between 2005 and 2008. The information below covers the Additional Costs...

Flexible New Deal
The Government’s Flexible New Deal (FND) programme will be starting in Wolverhampton in October. This exciting new programme aims to help more than 200,000 long-term unemployed people into work...

CAMERON TRIPS UP ON DAY ONE OF CAMPAIGN
Cameron falters on first day of election race. Elections are often talked about using military metaphors. There has been much talk this week of “first shots fired” and...

DIGITAL BRITAIN REPORT
DIGITAL BRITAIN REPORTThe Digital revolution is sweeping the world and the Labour Government today published the Digital Britain Report which will ensure that the UK is well placed to make the most...

EXPENSES
Expenses Readers of my blog elsewhere on this site will realise that the main thing in my life in recent weeks has been the birth of our first child, Conor....

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